Harry Maguire's image adorning the £50 note got more than 10,000 votes in the petition's first day online.

With the Bank of England set to introduce a new design for the £50 bank note, an unlikely movement is gathering pace to have a national hero featured upon it.

Football writer Jonny Gabriel is the man spearheading a semi-serious campaign to have Harry Maguire's image emblazoned on the new note -- specifically England defender riding on top of an inflatable unicorn.

As Sharples points out, while the £5, £10 and £20 notes have all undergone successful redesigns over the past few years, none of them have featured a World Cup semifinalist floating on a mythical creature -- a massive oversight on the Bank of England's part.

The petition attracted more than 10,000 signatures in its first day online, with Maguire's England teammate Kyle Walker also publicly backing the movement.

Indeed, the Tottenham right-back even offered to lend his image to a new £5 note.